DEEP SPACE NINE: "Inter Arma... " - REV. 01/08/99 - ACT TWO     17.

11   BASHIR AND SLOAN

	move off through the crowd to find a private corner.

					SLOAN
				(sotto)
			Try to play your cards a little
			closer to the vest, doctor.
			You're lucky they didn't see that
			look of shock on your face.

					BASHIR
				(sotto)
			If you've managed to attach
			yourself to the delegation, why
			do you need me?

					SLOAN
			All in due time. Now -- you have
			a lot of work do before we arrive
			at Romulus. There's a PADD in
			your quarters. Read it and I'll
			join you at twenty-two hundred.

	He slaps Bashir on the back and then heads off to
	speak with someone in the crowd.

									CUT TO:

11A  INT. BELLEROPHON - BRIEFING ROOM (OPTICAL)

	Bashir and Ross are discussing Sloan.